Pebble figurines

Archaeological excavations of Yarmukian settlements, established some 8,000 years ago on the banks of the Yarmuk and Jordan Rivers, have revealed hundreds of figurines, which are among the best-known prehistoric works of art. Half were made of clay – some consider them to portray a prehistoric goddess – while the other half were made of pebbles, like the figurine; their phallic form probably represented a male divinity.